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The DevTeam is proud to announce that NetHack has been inducted into The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York, USA (MoMA) as part of their video game collection and is included in the exhibition "Never Alone: Video Games and Other Interactive Design" which runs from Sep 10, 2022 to July 16, 2023. |
A fix for a build error with glibc 2.34 (the default under Ubuntu impish 21.10) has been pushed to branch NetHack-3.6
Updated Windows binaries released. Fixes an issue where NetHackW.exe delays updating the cursor position when using farlook.
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NetHack References on the Web
(Links marked with a dagger† are now served from archive.org.)
AI versus NetHack!
Tech Crunch gives a quick summary of
The NetHack Challenge.
ASCII art + permadeath: The history of roguelike games
Roguelike Celebration: Accessibility - Alexei Pepers
NetHack in
12 Amazing Terminal Based Games for Linux Enthusiasts
NetHack mentioned in a history of
ASCII Art
Computerized Dungeons and Randomly Generated Worlds: From Rogue to Minecraft
Published in
Proceedings of the IEEE ( Volume: 105, Issue: 5, May 2017 )
NetHack
Mr. Wendel on Games
NetHack: THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME?†
on Linux Voice
NetHack
in Time's list of
All-TIME 100 Video Games
NetHack†
in IGN's "Fifteen Really, Really, Really Hard Games"
NetHack in Gamasutra's "Game Design Essentials: 20 RPGs"
NetHack shows
up in
The DM Of The Rings
NetHack meets EverQuest II†. (At least on April Fool's Day.)
NetHack†
(a song parody), by
Rob Balder
The Beeb discovers
NetHack - the Computer Game
Top 11 Signs You've Got an Old Computer†
Play NetHack†,
a theme song for NetHack.
Our pet dog is one of the
Top Ten Videogame Sidekicks†. Congratulations!
Dudley's dungeon, a web comic
BBspot† on NetHack:
New ATI Card Pushes Limits in ASCII Gaming†
The USENET Oracle contemplates
encountering a woodchuck
The USENET Oracle contemplates
the amulet
The USENET Oracle contemplates
stairs
The USENET Oracle contemplates
sacrifice
The USENET Oracle contemplates
coping with loss
The USENET Oracle
contemplates
NetHack in Denver
The USENET Oracle
contemplates
the greatness of NetHack
NetHack in the comics at User Friendly:
- Cartoon for October 13, 2014 Cartoon for September 15, 2014 Cartoon for September 13, 2014 Cartoon for September 12, 2014 Cartoon for September 11, 2014
- Cartoon for September 7, 2013 Cartoon for May 9, 2013 Cartoon for May 3, 2013 Cartoon for May 1, 2013 Cartoon for January 10, 2013
- Cartoon for November 8, 2012 Cartoon for November 7, 2012 Cartoon for May 1, 2012
- Cartoon for August 25, 2009
- Cartoon for September 18, 2008 Cartoon for August 31, 2008 Cartoon for July 31, 2008
- Cartoon for May 20, 2006 Cartoon for May 22, 2006 Cartoon for May 23, 2006 Cartoon for May 24, 2006 Cartoon for May 25, 2006 Cartoon for May 26, 2006 Cartoon for May 27, 2006 Cartoon for May 29, 2006 Cartoon for May 30, 2006 Cartoon for May 31, 2006 Cartoon for June 1, 2006
- Cartoon for October 17, 2005 Cartoon for June 24, 2005 Cartoon for June 25, 2005
- Cartoon for September 11, 2003 Cartoon for September 12, 2003 Cartoon for September 13, 2003 Cartoon for September 15, 2003 Cartoon for August 24, 2003
- Cartoon for September 7, 2002 Cartoon for May 1, 2002 Cartoon for May 2, 2002 Cartoon for May 3, 2002 Cartoon for May 4, 2002 Cartoon for May 6, 2002 Cartoon for May 7, 2002 Cartoon for May 8, 2002 Cartoon for May 9, 2002 Cartoon for April 12, 2002
- Cartoon for November 7, 2001 Cartoon for November 8, 2001 Cartoon for May 1, 2001
Backhanded compliment of the month award: ignpsx's† review of Darkstone†:
Ten bucks buys you an awful lot of dungeon-hacking -- it sure ain't NetHack but it ain't bad.
Gamespy.com's "The History of Computer Games" continues with Worlds in Boxes† - and NetHack gets another mention.†
Gamespot.com: Unsung Heroes - NetHack†
Gamespy.com: NetHack is simply an anomaly...†
See what happens when NetHack meets T-rex - isn't USENET great?
Salon Technology: "The Best Game Ever"
mentioned† in Gamespy.com's developer week: "The History of Computer Games - Part I"†
NetHack in Print
IEEE Spectrum, February 2016, "Games: NetHack and the Joy of Text".IEEE Computer, February 2011, "Certainty through Uncertainty?". We even got a screenshot.
30th Annual IEEE/NASA Software Engineering Workshop, April 2006, "Understanding Open Source Software through Software Archaeology: The Case of NetHack". The abstract is available online.
"Fatal Distractions", 1994, David Gerrold, The Waite Group.
NetHack Quotes
Nethack is one of my all-time favorite games, one I've been playing since 1200 baud was smokin' fast.
-- Actor Wil Wheaton, https://www.wilwheaton.net
In short, NetHack 3.1.3 is the most elaborate role-playing environment you are ever likely to explore. This is a place to return again and again, each time for a different experience. You're really going to have to play it for a year or two and see for yourself.
-- "Fatal Distractions" by David Gerrold
Thank you for the latest release of gradewrecker. My GPA just went in the corner and shot itself.
-- USENET posting, author unknown
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